ام

See also: امـ, أم, إم, and آم

Alviri-Vidari

Determiner

ام (am)

1. this

Arabic

Article

ام • (am-)

1. dialectal form of اَلْ (al-)
   • Hadith

     لَيْسَ مِنْ اَمْبِرِّ امْصِيَامُ فِي امْسَفَر

     laysa min am-birri m-ṣiyāmu fī m-safar

     It is not necessary to fast during the journey

Burushaski

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu آم (ām)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aːm]

Noun

ام (aam)

1. mango

References

• Bechtholdt, Astrid (2026), “am”, in Burushaski Hunza Dictionary (Webonary), Dallas, Texas, USA: SIL International, published 2017.

Old Anatolian Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *em.

Noun

اَمْ • (em) (definite accusative امی (emi), plural املر (emler))

1. (medicine) cure, remedy, medicine, treatment; an application, medicine, or treatment that relieves or cures a disease.

   Synonyms: چاره (çāre), دوا (devā), علاج (ʼilāc), درمان (dermān)

   Antonyms: سم (sem), اغو (aġu), زهر (zehr)

   ام ايلمك ― em eylemek ― to make a cure

2. ointment; a viscous preparation of oils and/or fats, usually containing medication, used as a treatment or as an emollient.
3. (figurative) solution, remedy

   Synonyms: چاره (çāre), دوا (devā), درمان (dermān)

Derived terms

• ام ایتمك (em ẹtmek, “to heal”)
• امجی (emci, “doctor”)
• امجی سمجی (emci semci, “doctor”)
• امسز (emsüz, “uncurable”)
• امسم (emsem, “remedy”)
• املمك (emlemek, “to cure”)
• املو (emlü, “beneficial, useful”)
• امه سمه یراممق (eme seme yaramamaq, “to be useless”)

Descendants

• Ottoman Turkish: ام (em)
  • Turkish: (dialectal) em

Further reading

• Kanar, Mehmet (2018), Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Sözlüğü [Old Anatolian Turkish Dictionary] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, Istanbul: Say Yayınları, page 253
• “em”, in XIII. Yüzyılından Beri Türkiye Türkçesiyle Yazılmış Kitaplarından Toplanan Tanıklarıyle Tarama Sözlüğü (Türk Dil Kurumu yayınları; 212)‎^[1] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, 1963–1977
• Çetin, Hasan Ali (2020), “em”, in Eski Anadolu Türkçesi Eczacılık ve Tıp Terimleri Sözlüğü [Old Anatolian Turkish Pharmacy and Medicine Dictionary] (Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları; 1365)‎^[2], 2025 edition, Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu, →ISBN, page 100

Tashelhit

Alternative forms

• انـ

Prefix

اَمْـ (am-) (Medieval Tashelhit)

1. Medieval Tashelhit form of am-

References

• Ibn Tunart (a. 1172), Kitāb Al-Asmā’‎^[3], sourced from Maison méditerranéenne des sciences de l'homme, Cité numérique de la Méditerranée (Cinumed)